Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

Two years ago, when Jing'er and the original owner were in charge of supervising the distribution of porridge, the original owner kept a close eye on the people below and made no mistakes. However, she was thankless and offended the servants. Everyone said that she had a fierce temper.

On the contrary, the good reputation all went to the gentle Jing'er and the kind Li Yunshu.

This time, without someone as meticulous as the original owner keeping an eye on things, and with Ah Xi, this troublemaker, added in, and Jing'er still being useless, something bad is bound to happen sooner or later.

Sure enough, just two days after the porridge distribution began, rumors started circulating that the Xu family's porridge distribution was hypocritical, and that the porridge was so thin it was like water and not enough to fill one's stomach.

The initial discussions were relatively few and could be barely suppressed, but how could Qi Ning let Ah Xi go so far?

Chun Tao has an older brother who also works as a servant in the mansion and has also been bullied by A Xi.

Qi Ning then instructed Chun Tao to have her brother spread the word about the thin porridge.

The matter, which was already causing some discussion, escalated further due to Qi Ning's instigation.

The Xu family's original intention was to do good deeds, but they did not expect to be criticized instead. The old lady cared most about the Xu family's reputation, so after hearing the news, she immediately called Li Yunshu over to ask about the situation.

When Li Yunshu learned about this, she panicked. She didn't understand why the porridge distribution had gone smoothly for the past two years, but this year it had gone wrong.

She immediately sent someone to investigate, and the investigation revealed that there were termites inside.

Before Li Yunshu could deal with the situation, the old lady started asking questions again, so she had no choice but to take Jing'er and Axi with her to Shou'an Hall.

"Yun Shu, what exactly happened?" the old lady asked.

Li Yunshu quickly explained, "Grandmother, your granddaughter-in-law just had someone investigate. It was Axi who secretly embezzled half of the rice and sold it for money, which is why... Jing'er is too soft-hearted, even if she knew, she couldn't stop him, and she didn't dare to tell me."

“Now my granddaughter-in-law has brought them here, and they are at my grandmother’s disposal.”

Li Yunshu glanced at Axi and Jing'er kneeling in the courtyard, her eyes cold and indifferent.

Ah Xi and Jing'er continued to beg for mercy, especially Jing'er, who kept shouting that she was innocent.

The old lady was a compassionate person, but she couldn't stand such sneaky behavior, even embezzling from the porridge offered to refugees.

She waved her hand coldly and said to Li Yunshu, "You decide what to do."

"Yes." Li Yunshu knew that the old lady was really angry this time, so she quickly ordered the steward to drag Axi and Jing'er away and beat them with a board.

Yao Zhiying seized the opportunity to mock: "It seems that your sister-in-law is not strict with her subordinates. Even her personal maid Jing'er dared to do such a thing, and Ah Xi also made a mistake. Ah Xi has never made such a big mistake before when she worked for your brother."

She paused, then added meaningfully, "But Jing'er has always been an honest and upright person. How could she dare to do such a thing? In my opinion, she is probably being instructed by someone behind the scenes. Who knows whose pocket the money from selling the embezzled rice has ended up in?"

Her words were practically a direct statement, implying that Li Yunshu was abusing her power as the housekeeper and taking advantage of her position to amass wealth.

Li Yunshu clenched her fists in anger, but she knew she was in the wrong and hadn't handled the matter well, so she couldn't find a suitable way to refute it.

She had no choice but to ignore Yao Zhiying and directly apologize to the old lady: "Grandmother, this matter was indeed handled poorly by your granddaughter-in-law. Please punish me, Grandmother."

The old lady shook her head: "It's no use talking about this now. We still need to continue distributing porridge for the next few days. The important thing is to think about how to solve the problem."

Yao Zhiying said again, "Grandmother, are you still comfortable letting my sister-in-law continue to do this? Look at how much people are criticizing us outside. They say our Xu family is hypocritical, that our charity porridge is no better than water, and that we might as well just give out water directly. If we let my sister-in-law continue to manage this, what if she messes it up again?"

"Second sister-in-law, don't you think so?"

As she spoke, Yao Zhiying turned the conversation to Qi Ning.

Qi Ning put down her teacup and replied, "Third sister-in-law, you can't say that. This matter can't be entirely blamed on my sister-in-law. It's possible that she was busy taking care of the children and neglected to discipline the servants, which allowed them to take advantage of the situation."

Her words gave Li Yunshu a way out, but before Li Yunshu could be happy, she heard Qi Ning continue, "However, I heard that Heng'er caught a cold recently, and my sister-in-law is busy taking care of the child, so I'm afraid she really doesn't have time to manage the porridge distribution."

Li Yunshu's face stiffened.

Yao Zhiying chimed in, "What do you mean by that, Second Sister-in-law? Do you mean that Eldest Sister-in-law is no longer suitable to manage things, and you want to take over from her?"

Qi Ning's expression was somewhat helpless: "Third sister-in-law misunderstood me. Although the second young master's health has improved a lot, he is not fully recovered yet. I am busy taking care of my husband, so I don't have time. It seems that third sister-in-law has time."

Yao Zhiying had this idea from the beginning. She thought Qi Ning wanted to take this opportunity from her, but unexpectedly, Qi Ning took the initiative to give this opportunity to her.

Yao Zhiying smiled sheepishly: "This... isn't a good idea?"

The Third Madam, who had been silent until now, chuckled softly: "What's wrong with that? You really have a lot of free time. It would be good if you could do something for the Xu family."

The Third Madam's words carried a hint of disdain, clearly because Yao Zhiying's belly had not shown any signs of pregnancy and she was unable to give birth to a legitimate son.

Yao Zhiying had been secretly drinking herbal soups to nourish her body in order to have a child, but after so long, there had been no effect.

When her mother-in-law said this, she naturally dared not argue.

After listening to them, the old lady nodded slightly: "Yun Shu, Heng'er has been ill recently, and you are indeed too busy. Why don't you leave this matter to Zhiying?"

Li Yunshu forced a stiff smile: "Yes, granddaughter-in-law understands."

Yao Zhiying was overjoyed and immediately showed a look of being ready to do something big: "Grandmother, don't worry, your granddaughter-in-law will do a good job and there will definitely be no mistakes!"

As they walked out of Shou'an Hall, on their way back, Chun Tao asked curiously, "Master, logically speaking, if the eldest son's family can't do something, it should be the second son's family's turn, right? Why did you give it to the third young mistress?"

Successfully accomplishing this task will also bring benefits. Not only will it win the favor of the old lady and establish prestige among the servants in the household, but it will also earn praise and a good reputation from the outside world.

Although Qi Ning claimed to be very busy taking care of Xu Yanqing, Chun Tao knew very well that the second young mistress was not that busy at all.

Moreover, the second young master's health has improved considerably, so the second young mistress doesn't need to worry about him at all.

Qi Ning said casually, "What's the rush? I'm not going to compete with them. There's still plenty of time. Just wait and see. The Third Young Mistress can't handle this matter."

At this moment, Chun Tao did not understand what Qi Ning meant by those words, but she soon found out.

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